I didn't think when I wrote
"Additionally, because oil deposits inevitably run dry, we often rely on extraction efforts happening in other countries which may or may not be friendly.... and [its] cost can change quite dramatically based on supply and demand"
it would be so prescient but, well...
Wait until I tell you that you can get fries at sushi restaurants in Japan
"Why haven't fighting games died yet?"
I wrote about the unique strengths of the fighting game genre that have allowed fighting games to survive multiple generations of evolution intact, and why you didn't fall in love with a product. Warning: This is a long one.
www.patreon.com/posts/152148...
roadhouseendgame i was talking to my mom about cardassians and said something along the lines of what must it be like to be a cardassian civilian. like abstractly knowing the rest of the galaxy thinks of your species as 'the evil ones' and kinda sorta knowing your government runs labor camps and torture prisons and is a military empire, and it's a huge deal for everyone else in the galaxy, but you just like run a restaurant so it's not a big part of your daily life, so you just like, go about your day and make soup and don't think about it' and then halfway through my sentence i actually heard myself and then had to go sit down for like ten minutes. like sat down in a chair and stared at the floor for ten minutes
whoops
A reminder: if you want to support my work, buying my book is a great way to do that.
If you want to read a book about how to get into fighting games, buying my book is also a great way to do that, but if you don't have the $ you can just DL it for free.
I beg everyone who claims these clankers can think to take a Linear Algebra course.
"Cancel ChatGPT" goes mainstream after Sam Altman takes the U.S. department of war deal Anthropic refused — in surveillance of U.S. citizens and autonomous weapons.
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i... #chatgpt #openai #samaltman #apocalypse
"Why rollback and netplay events are good for locals, actually"
Last night I hosted a sweet locals session out of my garage and then after cleaning up I read one of the worst fighting game takes in recent memory, so here's my attempt to upcycle it.
www.patreon.com/posts/why-ro...
I've decided to host a fighting game jam next month and already on-boarded a jury for it 😄 itch.io/jam/fighting...
The theme will be disclosed at the beginning of April 😄 If anyone wants to take part in it, I'll be happy to see whay you can cook!
(Banner still WIP)
Had some fantastic gumbo in Kamakura
Crushed this morning when I found out the best bakery I've ever been to in Japan moved out of my neighborhood. RIP to my morning runs for some damn good coffee and the best croissants.
Hell yeah someone made a mini documentary on MightyMar! Love this.
youtu.be/TCvtEbCCdqA?...
this is my local community member ludovic.
he came to every xanadu local.
he helped coordinate carpools to get other people to the venue for street fighter.
he represented DMV at majors.
he respected all TOs.
he IS fgc personified.
if you don't have the funds to donate, pls just repost & share.
all together now, got our little lord of the dungeon active and working (mostly) as intended. (a couple bugs remain...)
basically switchable objects are activated when in proximity when she's on the field. which, as you can imagine, is headache inducing #Addlemoth
I've heard horror stories about people having no way to prove when a payment was made because their local municipality's simplicity did not record payment dates. Which is just insane to me. Best of luck to you and my future self.
#FREELUD UPDATE:
- Lud and others were *chained for 7 hrs* before being flown to Georgia, the 2nd move in 2 days in defiance of his lawyers’ habeas corpus & a court order.
- The GoFundMe organizers are moving to contact media to boost the story and help #FREELUD.
KEEP POSTING.
Going to be applying in the near future myself, and having to pull out these kind of detailed records feel like a real pain. I've paid all my 住民税 at the conbini so at least I got the paper record!
I pray for democratic candidates in the next election that do not stand for business as usual.
Looking through comments on the latest video, and something stands out to me which we need to talk about:
Too many people hear "I think you should vote for Democrats in November" and think I went on to say "that's all you'll have to do and everything will be fixed"
Y'all gotta cut that shit out.
2/19 10pm ET Update: Thank you for your continued support and advocacy for Ludovic’s release. It’s beautiful to see how loved and supported he is by his community. Unfortunately, Ludovic was moved from Baltimore, MD to an ICE detention center in Louisiana. His lawyers were not properly notified of the transfer. What happens next: His lawyers’ top priorities will be fighting to bring him back home to Maryland. We remain hopeful for his safe return and appreciate everyone’s support as we navigate the next steps. How you can help: 1. Continue to donate and share Ludovic’s story with your community. At this time we are NOT seeking media/news engagement but DO want as much community support as possible. 2. We are looking to leverage any connections Ludovic’s community has with elected officials. If you can connect us with any public officials, please message us with that information. ICE wants us to panic and lose faith. For Ludovic, we will not break and instead we will hold strong and out-organize. Thanks for your support.
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An image of Ludovic smiling against an orange background. The text reads SUPPORT LUDOVIC'S FIGHT.
Update on Ludovic. Unfortunately but unsurprisingly he was moved to Louisiana without notice. If anyone can put the campaign in contact with elected officials, please do. Also keep an eye on the GoFundMe page for further updates.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-lu...
another day another set of layoffs
by the way if anyone wants an unemployed disaster programmer/artist/designer i have been available for a while lol
Especially poorly timed because in Japan politicians here have been running on anti-foreigner policies and it's working.
Yes this is real and not a bit.
DMV FGC cornerstone and friend of mine Ludovic Mbock has unfortunately been detained by ICE. Folks are trying to raise money for his legal fees, please donate if you can.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-lu...
well what do you know mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the...
Honestly, AI slop PRs are becoming increasingly draining and demoralizing for #Godot maintainers.
If you want to help, more funding so we can pay more maintainers to deal with the slop (on top of everything we do already) is the only viable solution I can think of:
fund.godotengine.org
If anyone has any suggestions how to travel from Houston to middle of nowhere Louisiana please let me know. My drivers license expired years ago.
It's absolutely wild I can fly across the country here for cheaper than it is to get a grey hound ticket.
Having to suddenly travel to the states and there being *no* form of public transportation that is economical outside of the big cities is a disaster.
I'm ok with consumer electronic advancement slowing down.
